WHEN beautiful, successful dermatologist Tabasum Mir told her friends and family she was going on a dating show, they were perplexed.

“My friends keep asking me, ‘Well, did it work? Are you dating anyone? Are you engaged?’ ” the 34-year-old said.

But while the series debuts on August 12, Mir has yet to go on a single date.

Bravo’s The Singles Project isthe first reality show of its kind. Mir and five other bachelors and bachelorettes will be dating in nearly real time. Their pool of potential suitors? The fine citizens of New York City.

We’ll see the daters out on the town, getting set up with New Yorkers who apply via social media and, if the mood should strike, maybe even locking lips with one another.

The show will film in bars and restaurants across the city from Wednesday through Saturday, then air just three days later, explains Shari Levine, Bravo’s senior vice president of current production and original programming.

“I’m gasping for breath even as I think about it,” Levine says.

“It’s really hard! It’s really fast; it moves quickly; you have to shoot it quickly; you edit it lightning fast. This is not about finessing every moment. It’s much more raw.”

The other wildcard? Social media. The daters will interact with viewers via Twitter — taking suggestions for date locales, love advice and anything else that gets thrown their way.

So, if you think two castmates would be totally adorable together and just have to try Narcissa for dinner, they might actually take your advice.

And if you’re a New Yorker who thinks you’re the perfect match for Mir or one of her castmates, you can throw your hat in the ring by tweeting @singles_project.

Cast member Brian Trunzo, for one, is hoping the series will help get him out of his comfort zone — specifically, the social scene below 14th Street, where his Soho menswear store, Carson Street Clothiers, is located.

“My professional life has more or less become my social life,” the 29-year-old says. “I’ve talked to friends about how nice it would be to meet someone in the city whose friends I don’t know at all. It’s nice to know that maybe this [show] will bring me to someone who I have absolutely no tangential relationship to.”

Cassidy likes to spend her weekends relaxing at the Boat Basin, but when it comes to courtship, she sets her standards high.

“My perfect date is someone who sends a car, opens my door, we go to a really nice restaurant, I want it to be fancy — maybe he wants to take me to Eleven Madison Park, because that’s his favourite,” she says.

“Then maybe do something after like a show or something.”

Although she sometimes drinks, Cassidy isn’t down with cocktails as a first date. She says: “A [first] date should be a meal. I would like for someone to try.”

Joey Healy, celebrity eyebrow stylist

If you have bad eyebrows, don’t even bother getting in touch, says Healy. Photo: Tamara BeckwithSource:New York Post

If your brows are a mess or you’re allergic to cats, don’t bother sending a flirty tweet to Healy. “I’m looking for a guy with thick, dark eyebrows — people think that’s funny, but I’m actually really serious,” says Healy, who has been single for the last five years.

“Also, they can’t be allergic to my cat, Mascara.”

Healy is looking for a guy in his 30s or 40s who is happy, stable in his own career and who won’t be intimidated by his success.

Ericka Pittman, VP of brand strategy for the Blue Flame Agency

Pittman goes bold with this Zara necklace. She says: “A girl is nothing without her accessories!” Photo: Tamara Beckwith.Source:New York Post

As the owner of a Soho menswear shop, it’s important to Trunzo that his date dress to impress. “It’s very important to me to find someone who has a good sense of personal style,” he says. “Being in menswear and taking proper care of myself and my customers, the first thing I usually notice about a woman is the way that she dresses.” But while his suitors must look the part, they can’t sport an attitude. Trunzo’s biggest deal-breaker? “Cockiness.”

Tabasum Mir, Dermatologist

The dermatologist says her perfect first date is walking arm-in-arm through Central Park. Photo: Tamara BeckwitSource:New York Post

Mir is looking for a handsome, funny guy who is done with the city’s club scene and ready to settle down.

“If a guy is too much of a partier, too much of a drinker or too much of a playboy, I’m automatically like, ‘I’ve read the end of that story, I don’t need to go down that path anymore,’ ” says Mir, who is trying to break her habit of dating male models.